All Ultra-processed foods articles – Page 3
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Profiles and QandAs
My Alternative CV: Momo Kombucha’s Josh Puddle on 1990s pop, Rye Lane and Wim Hof
‘If I could change one thing in grocery, I’d heavily tax the worst of the ultra-processed, unhealthy foods and heavily subsidise organic, seasonal produce’
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Comment and Opinion
Farm shops and farmers’ markets have a role to play in improving diets
Farm Retail Association chair Emma Mosey on how farm shops and farmers’ markets may help wean Brits off ultra-processed foods
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Comment and Opinion
Let’s stop labelling food ‘good’ or ‘bad’. The reality is more complex
I’m sick of the food industry being used by successive governments as a scapegoat for failed health policies, says Rod Addy, director general at the Provision Trade Federation
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Comment and Opinion
Health-based sales reporting is laudable, but what actually is ‘healthy’?
What does good look like? It’s a question that is set to become ever more crucial over the coming year
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Comment and Opinion
Processed food is not the enemy – it is vital and valuable
If you removed processed products from sale, you would struggle to fill a corner shop let alone a supermarket, says Kate Halliwell, chief scientific officer at the Food & Drink Federation
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Analysis and Features
Can Enough save the reputation of plant-based alt meats?
The food tech business plans to produce masses of mycoprotein
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Comment and Opinion
How brands can take control of the aspartame debate
Brands that continue to use artificial sweeteners should take stock from the meat industry’s response to the IARC’s 2015 report, says Liam Keogh, co-founder of Palm PR
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Comment and Opinion
As an ex-Defra minister, I know UPFs are only one factor in obesity
The argument is far more complex than campaign groups may have you believe, says George Eustice, MP and former Defra minister
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Comment and Opinion
Nutritious, less processed options can reinvigorate the meat-free market
Brands that offer genuinely natural, nutritious meat-free options have the advantage, says Elin Roberts, co-founder and CMO at Better Nature Tempeh
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Comment and Opinion
How UPFs can become a relic of the past in a world that craves affordable convenience
Increasing evidence points to the harmful effects of the chemicals, additives and industrialised processes used in UPFs, says Jonathan Petrides, CEO and co-founder of Allplants
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Comment and Opinion
The ultra-processed foods debate is not binary
Many of the arguments used to bash manufacturers are lazy, boring and stuck on repeat
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Comment and Opinion
Lacklustre ultra-processed foods Panorama didn’t probe nearly enough
Too much time was spent on well-worn scares about emulsifiers, sweeteners and additives
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Analysis and Features
Why ‘there are no winners’ in the Tortoise Better Food Index
The Tortoise Better Food Index ranks Britain’s 30 biggest suppliers on their impacts across issues including nutrition, environment, and social mobility. The key finding: no one is doing enough
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Comment and Opinion
Ultra-processed food can be nutritious – depending on its makers’ motives
It’s not about UPF versus healthy, let alone debunked dead-ends like calories and HFSS, says Modern Baker co-founder Leo Campbell
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Comment and Opinion
Is it right to demonise all ultra-processed foods?
The food industry has a golden opportunity to take hold of the narrative and lead it in a profitable, popular and healthy direction, says Leo Campbell, co-founder of Modern Baker
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Comment and Opinion
Food charities should ditch low-quality processed food and focus on fresh, home-cooked meals
Food banks hand out too many low-quality products – but some organisations are thinking up innovative ways to get wholesome meals to those who need it, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Comment and Opinion
Highly processed vegan meat alternatives can’t compare with the real deal
Meat sales are soaring despite the push for processed plant-based alternatives, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Comment and Opinion
It’s time to end the hidden lower standards in processed dairy products
There’s a perverse assumption that welfare matters less in processed foods, says Dan Crossley, executive director, Food Ethics Council
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News
Chippindale Foods becomes latest processed egg supplier to sign up to Lion scheme
It means 90% of the UK’s processed egg suppliers have now signed up to the British Lion Egg Products standard
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Comment and Opinion
Why is government incapable of saying ‘avoid ultra-processed food’?
A considerable body of robust scientific evidence now shows ultra-processed food is a disaster for our bodies, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This